Adventures in Music Listening Big Book Level 1

An integrated elementary listening program for music classes, regular classes, libraries and home use. Includes 32 great musical selections complete with historical information, composer/arranger biographical information, musical features sketches, cross-curricular connections and anticipated outcomes. Meets the National Music Standards.

Big Book Correlates to the Adventures in Music Teacher Guide and CD set, available separately (item 802835). Contains full-color illustrations of each piece.

Musical Works Featured

• Ohihi Owo Ti Ka Huhahi? - African Folk Song
• SImple Gifts - American Shaker Song
• Teasing - Bartok
• March, Trumpet, and Drum from Jeux d' Enfants - Bizet
• Gigue from Suite for String Orchestra - Corelli
• Golliwogg's Cakewalk from Children's Corner Suite - Debussy
• Marching Band, Acrobats, and Juggler from Under the Big Top - Donaldson
• Dance of the Merry Dwarfs from The Happy Hypocrite - Elwell
• Funeral March of a Marionette - Gounod
• Morning from Peer Gynt Suite - Grieg
• Bourrée from Royal Fireworks Suite - Handel 
• Viennese Musical Clock from Hary Janos Suite - Kodály
• La Bamba - Latin American
• Dance of the Shepherds from Amahl and the Night Visitors - Menotti
• Bydlo and Ballet of Chicks in Their Shells from Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky
• Run, Run from Scenes from Childhood - Pinto
• Troika from Lt. Kije Suite - Prokofiev
• Hop O' My Thumb from Mother Goose Suite - Ravel
• The Flight of the Bumble Bee - Rimsky-Korsakov
• March of the Siamese Children from The King and I - Rogers
• Finale from The William Tell Overture - Rossini
• Pizzicato and Waltz from The Fantastic Toy Shop - Rossini-Respighi
• Dark Eyes - Russian Folk Song
• The Elepant and The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals - Saint Saëns
• The Happy Farmer - Schumann
• Tritsch Tratsch Polka - J. Strauss
• Circus Polka - Stravinsky
• Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy from The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
• Let's Run Across the Hill from Brazilian Folktunes - Villa-Lobos